NEWS: OGL and SRD dates/info announced

[Bardsandsages]

If it's not for sale you should be good. Of course, if it's fan-brewed I don't imagine there will be much to post in June, right? I mean, won't it take some time to get to know the rules and then come up with materials after the June 6th release?

You underestimate the desire of some folks to prove 4e is broken and how readily they can..eh hem..."fix" it.

 

[Garnfellow]

Alot of fans, myself included, have a fair amount of material that can be converted from 3e to 4e - particularly player races and monsters. I'll almost certainly be toying around with converting material after the first few days, just to get a feel for the rules. Converting and writing material is how alot of people become familiar with the mechanics.

Bingo. Converting 1e and OD&D materials taught me a tremendous amount about 3e monster design.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

If it's not for sale you should be good. Of course, if it's fan-brewed I don't imagine there will be much to post in June, right? I mean, won't it take some time to get to know the rules and then come up with materials after the June 6th release?

Internet, distributed intelligence network, 20-30 years of experience per grognard...

One weekend wouldn't be unreasonable.

 

[Delta]

I'm a face-value gal. Don't read anything into what I write other than the words on the screen. What you see is what you get with me

I appreciate your reading this forum and answering a few questions.

Linae, what's the official interpretation of OGL v1.0 Section 9? ("You may use any authorized version of this License to copy, modify and distribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under any version of this License.") Some people interpret that to mean that anything made available under an OGL v2.0 license can be immediately re-published under the original v1.0 ("any authorized version"). What's WOTC's position on that?

 

[Ranger REG]

If it's not for sale you should be good. Of course, if it's fan-brewed I don't imagine there will be much to post in June, right? I mean, won't it take some time to get to know the rules and then come up with materials after the June 6th release?

Well, I didn't actually say "good fan-brewed material." Poster's risk.

 

[Nellisir]

Well, I didn't actually say "good fan-brewed material." Poster's risk.

Speak for yourself.

 

[Delta]

Linae, what's the official interpretation of OGL v1.0 Section 9? ("You may use any authorized version of this License to copy, modify and distribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under any version of this License.") Some people interpret that to mean that anything made available under an OGL v2.0 license can be immediately re-published under the original v1.0 ("any authorized version"). What's WOTC's position on that?

Bumping this -- Linae, still reading this thread from last week?

 

[lurkinglidda]

Linae, what's the official interpretation of OGL v1.0 Section 9? ("You may use any authorized version of this License to copy, modify and distribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under any version of this License.") Some people interpret that to mean that anything made available under an OGL v2.0 license can be immediately re-published under the original v1.0 ("any authorized version"). What's WOTC's position on that?

I hesitated to respond to the question because I really can't comment on this yet. I know you were hoping for a better answer than that, but I just can't say a whole lot at this time.

 

[Delta]

Yeah, thank you for checking in.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I hesitated to respond to the question because I really can't comment on this yet. I know you were hoping for a better answer than that, but I just can't say a whole lot at this time.

Can we get a comment from you now with the news that 4e will be released under a new GSL and not the OGL?

Does the GSL bypass (by specific intent or otherwise) Section 9 of the OGL?